From @geekosaur

[11 06​:36] <sammers_> m​: sub subparams(($head, *$tail)) { ($head,
$tail).flat }; say subparams((1,2,3,4));
[11 06​:36] <camelia> rakudo-moar 0a7125​: OUTPUT«Too many positionals
passed; expected 2 arguments but got 4 in sub-signature␤
[11 06​:36] in sub subparams at <tmp> line 1␤
[11 06​:36] in block <unit> at <tmp> line 1␤
[11 06​:36] ␤
[11 06​:36] »
[11 06​:41] <geekosaur> "An array or hash parameter can be marked as slurpy
by leading asterisk(s)" suggests *$ should be illegal
[11 06​:45] <lizmat> geekosaur​: I would tend to agree
[11 06​:46] <lizmat> m​: dd :(*$a) # apparently, it's just $a
[11 06​:46] <camelia> rakudo-moar 0a7125​: OUTPUT«​:($a)␤
[11 06​:46] »

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From @smls

The design docs had a particular behavior in mind for *$ parameters​:

  https://design.perl6.org/S06.html#Unpacking_a_single_list_argument

But it hasn't been implemented (yet?), so yeah, it should be made an error for now.

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